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Updates on chikungunya epidemiology, clinical disease, and diagnostics.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Apr 2015
Sam I-Ching, Kümmerer Beate M, Chan Yoke-Fun, Roques Pierre, Drosten Christian, AbuBakar Sazaly
Abstract excerpt
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV) is an Aedes-borne alphavirus, historically found in Africa and Asia, where it caused sporadic outbreaks. In 2004, CHIKV reemerged in East Africa and spread globally to cause epidemics, including, for the first time, autochthonous transmission in Europe, the Middle East, and Oceania. The epidemic strains were of the East/Central/South African genotype. Strains of the Asian genotype of...
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